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[ ɣo ʔɪmpʰɛjʔ ]
Noun

English: cone (lit: circle pyramid)

German: Kegel (geometrische Form)

KLCP:

Level 3
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Email from Marc Okrand to De'vID - Jan 27th 2014

polygon - mey'
  triangle - ra'Duch
    equilateral triangle - ra'Duch tIQ
    isosceles triangle - ra'Duch quv  or  vayya'
  quadrilateral - loS reD mey'
    square - meyrI'
    rectangle - letbaQ
  pentagon - vagh reD mey'
  etc.

star (not in sky) - DujtlhuQ

pyramid - 'Impey'
  three-sided base - qu'vu'
  four-sided base - loS reD 'Impey'
  five-sided base - vagh reD 'Impey'
    etc.

cube - buq'Ir
prism (three-sided base) - ra'Duch tut
cylinder - gho tut
cone - gho 'Impey'

PUN:
 "architect I.M. Pei designed the steel and glass pyramid at the Louvre" (bI'reng)

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